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Hare be books dragons and comforts
In my last post I wrote about my children’s books. Here are 4 of my books for those over age 18: Dogs by Sue Clancy Dr Bob’s Emotional Repair Program First Aid Kit Another Sketchbook Favorites So Far All 4 of these books are from my sketchbook keeping practice. All are about ways to take…
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Childrens books and other comforts
Well I didn’t expect that. My books sold out at the Aurora Gallery within 11 days. By request I’ve ordered more books to sign and deliver to the gallery asap. I began doing this series of kids books as a gift for my friends and their kids and grandkids. When this pandemic began, for safety…
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Illustrated shorts and other comforts
It’s election time in the U.S. This year is particularly full of hopes and fears. So I’m focusing on comforts as a topic for my art projects. I’m thinking of the importance of the ability to provide self care, self comfort and to comfort others. To feel ones feelings and to continue on without getting…
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Numpurrs and a dragon
It’s barely been a week and Numpurrs on Storyberries.com has been read over 3000 times! Here’s one kind comment: “Thank you, this is exactly what teachers are looking for, online opportunities during virtual teaching makes teachers lives so much easier. That was perfect timing! And a beautifully illustrated and written book! The weird thing is,…
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Numpurrs 20 & it sums up…
There now! Despite all the odds (see last post) I finished “Numpurrs”! I’ve also sent it in to Storyberries for distribution. When I sent it in this last week Storyberries said “I just LOVE it Sue!!! It has come together so nicely !!!! Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful work with us!!” So…
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Numpurrs 16, 17, 18, 19
This week has been less busy but weird with wildfires and bad air quality where I live in SW Washington. (More re in a sec.) Despite it all I still made progress on my Numpurrs book (see also my last post for more project details) Here are the poem lines that go with the illustrations…
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Numpurrs 12, 13, 14, 15
I didn’t think it possible to be even busier this week than last week but I was. Still there’s been progress on my new artist book for children called Numpurrs. On Storyberries.com I had done a counting book titled “The Crow and the Water Jug” so Storyberries wants another book from me related to numbers and…
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Numpurrs 8, 9, 10, 11
It’s been another busy week but there’s still been progress on my new artist book for children called Numpurrs. On Storyberries.com I had done a counting book titled “The Crow and the Water Jug” so Storyberries wants another book from me related to numbers and math. Here’s my progress: the finished poem lines that fit with…
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Numpurrs 4, 5, 6, 7
It’s been a busy week but there’s still been progress on my new artist book for children called Numpurrs. On Storyberries.com I had done a counting book titled “The Crow and the Water Jug” and it’s been popular with readers so Storyberries wants another book from me related to numbers and math. In my last posts…
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Numpurrs 0, 1, 2, 3
Here’s this weeks progress on my new artist book for children to be titled Numpurrs. On Storyberries.com I had done a counting book titled “The Crow and the Water Jug” and it’s been popular with readers so Storyberries wants another book related to numbers and math from me. As I wrote in my last post…
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